{"id":20487,"date":"2015-09-04T08:31:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T12:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=20487"},"modified":"2015-09-04T08:31:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T12:31:55","slug":"40-years-ago-today-39-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/04\/40-years-ago-today-39-years-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"40 years ago today, 39 years ago today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like to start your day with a fairy tale about a double anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time&#8212;actually forty years ago today, on September 4, 1975&#8212;this lad took a trip to the Yucatan Peninsula &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanYucatan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanYucatan-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"ScottEdelmanYucatan\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanYucatan-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanYucatan-792x1024.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; along with this lass &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IreneVartanoffYucatan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IreneVartanoffYucatan-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"IreneVartanoffYucatan\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IreneVartanoffYucatan-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IreneVartanoffYucatan-738x1024.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; which led to this &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanIreneVartanoffYucatan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanIreneVartanoffYucatan-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"ScottEdelmanIreneVartanoffYucatan\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanIreneVartanoffYucatan-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanIreneVartanoffYucatan-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ScottEdelmanIreneVartanoffYucatan.jpg 2037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and then exactly a year later, on September 4, 1976 &#8230; <em>this<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ScottandIreneWedding1976.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ScottandIreneWedding1976-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"ScottandIreneWedding1976\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ScottandIreneWedding1976-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ScottandIreneWedding1976.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And they lived happily ever after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d like to start your day with a fairy tale about a double anniversary. 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